Serving Black Women Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence : Serving Black Women Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence: Day 1

Black women-identified survivors have been disproportionately harmed by the triple pandemics of COVID-19, intimate partner violence, and racial injustice. As a field, we must boldly design and create innovative approaches to service provision. This 2-part series will give advocates the tools and practical strategies to identify, reach, and effectively serve this population.

On Day 1 of this webinar series by the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, advocates will learn to:

• Provide survivor-centered, culturally responsive, trauma-informed, strengths-based care and advocacy that leads to real-world change.
• Learn how IPV is influenced by the intersecting identities of Black survivors, such as ethnicity, sexual orientation, and gender identity.

Presenter Bios:

Dr. Carolyn West is an award-winning author, internationally recognized speaker, documentary filmmaker, expert witness. She is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Washington where she teaches courses on Sex Crimes and Sexual Violence and Family Violence. For more than three decades, she has been investigating gender-based violence in the lives of marginalized populations, with a focus on African American women. Dr. West has authored more than 100 academic publications, including Violence in the Lives of Black Women: Battered, Black and Blue (Routledge, 2002) and the Technical Assistance Guidance Series: Serving Black Women Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence (2024).

Ms. Doris O’Neal is the Director of Domestic Violence Services, YWCA King and Snohomish county. She has been employed with the YWCA for 13 years. She has worked in the Domestic Violence Prevention and advocacy field for over 20 years. In her former role, she worked for the King County Prosecutor’s Office for 16 years civil and criminal division. In her current position as DV Director she manages a DV shelter and community advocacy programs, Commercial Sexual exploitation (CSE) program.

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